A gift for you

Hi guys, I hope this posts ok as my computer is really doing some strange things today, I had wrote this post, put it on schedule then went to write another post and that went on live too soon and this one disappeared altogether!!!! I mean what!!!!

so here goes again!!!

Over at Magnolia- Forever we have add a charm challenge

and at Sweet lilac it's spring time,

This little bag was in my stash and thought it needed a little TLC,

the papers are by Maja Design and are machine sewn and some distressed as well,

Tilda loves me, not is coloured with my copics and layered onto a spellbinders oval and scalloped oval die,

The gorgeous flowers are of course by Sweet lilac as are the leaves too,

the border trim is a Martha Stewart punch I've had for years and thought that needed some TLC too,

The fab corrugated heart was a gift from the lovely Emilia at scrap and craft, thank you hun,

I've tied my charm onto some lovely twine from the Ribbon Girl, the lace is also from Sweet Lilac but from their bricks and mortar shop in St Helens,

Challenges

Magnolia-licious - spring blog hop and circles, dots, splats and dots

Tilda's Town - Use Dies or punches

7 Kids - Anything goes optional Green
Fussy and  fancy challenge - Ribbons and lace
Simply Magnolia - flowers

Happy Crafting!!

Hugs Liz xx

For mum

Hi guys, over at Paper take Weekly we have a lovely challenge for you

Mum's the Word,
we are being sponsored by the lovely Christine of Paper Nest Dolls,

my mum is nearly 85 so i have made her a card a little different from usual, well you know me i do like a change!!! lol

I have made a 5" x &7" for a start lol and used some of the beautiful Heart painted papers by Lemoncraft from Scrap and craft, I love this pack so much I've ordered some more!!!!

the loopy die cut is by Memory Box which i got last week from a craft fair, love this too,

on top i added a chipboard piece again from Scrap and Craft because for those who know me know I also love chipboard!!!!!

The large organza pink flower was from Emilia at Scrap and craft too which went with the papers, the white one is from my stash, the  other flowers are from Sweet Lilac,

I added a small tag and added some wooden letters I had again in my stash, and to finish off the center display I added hints of cheesecloth here and there,

the Butterfly was also in the paper pack,

Recipe

Lemoncraft - Heart painted papers - Scrap and craft

Chipboard shape - Scrap and craft

Pink fabric flower - Scrap and craft

Roses - Sweet lilac

Memory box die - La Rue Flourish

Tulle

Stamens - Magnolia

Nellie's multi frame tag

Challenges

Scrap and Craft - mothers Day

Cardabilities sketch - 118
The shabby Tea room - hint of pink
Lemoncraft blog - fan friday

Hope you will join us in the fun!!

Happy Crafting!!

Hugs Liz xx

Welcome to the Winter Ball

I'm here today with a daft project I had running round my head which just had to be done lol, actually I made it for Tegan's room and she loved it, so i'm glad I did, lol

I made her a Winter Ball held in a castle!!! and tried to make it a little Frozen like!!

anyway Tegan looked at it and said Frozen straight away so it must have worked in a quirky sort of way!!!

The gorgeous images I used are of course from the super talented Christine at  The Paper Nest Dolls and it will be shown here, pop over and have a look to see other gorgeous works too,

All the images are coloured with my copics then fussy cut out, a strip of acetate placed behind and glued in place, 

I used a piece of xmas Maja Design paper for the floor to look wintery and added a chipboard Park Avenue fountain from Scrap and Craft, I added a little stickles to the base and cut a flourish of acetate for the frozen water jet, see I have watched Frozen a few times lol,

flowers are from Sweet Lilac,

PND used

Princess Rose, Masquerade Ellie, Ballgown Ellie, Ballgown Avery, Snow princess,

copics used:

 Princess Rose
  skin E000, 00, 11, 13, R11 ( used for all)
Hair - E35, 33, 31, 30
Purple - V15, 17, 09
Rose - V91, 93, 95
Greens - YG 63, G94
Black - C7, 5, 3, 1
............................

Snow princess
Skin - as above
Hair - E44, 43, C1, C3, E70, 71, W1, 3
Cape - BV21, 00,/ B02, 00 000
Dress - B12, 00, 0000
Bodice - C7, 5, 3, 1,
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Masquerade Ellie
Hair - E44, 43, 41, 40
Dress - B97, 95, 93, 91, C7, 5, 3
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Ballgown Avery
Hair - C5, 3, 1, 0
Dress - Rv95, 93, 91

Ballgown Ellie
Hair - E44, 43, 41, 40
Dress - C5, 3, 1 B97, 95, 93, 91

Challenges
World wide open day - show us your digi work
Crafting for all season's - Girly Girls
Simon Says Wednesday - Special lady/ feminine
Thanks for looking!!

Happy Crafting!!!

Hugs Liz xx

Ladies Day

Hi guys, back again with our Paper Take Weekly challenge which this time is

Anything Goes -optional home made flowers,

were being sponsored by the Lovely The Ribbon Girls, yeah thank you Mary and Andrea,

It was my Birthday last month and with some of my money I saw this dress form in a local shop and it just had to fall into my basket!!!!!
As you know i love to do something different for a change,

there are a few pictures, so grab a brew first lol,

It started out brown as it's made of paper mache, so i painted the whole thing with white gesso first,

the bodice had quite a wide bottom, lol so i was stuck to what would look right, so after much humming and haring I came up with this,

If you look closely you will see I started off with some tissue paper strips onto which I had stamped a script stamp, I tore the strips up the applied to the bodice using mod podge, this was to give her a bodice effect as the dress form has quite a good shape on her top half and so she needed her modesty!!!!  when this was dry I made the over bodice by using the wet paper technique to fold, mould and shape the paper to fit, before gluing I added a strip of lace on the top,

I will go back to the hat later,

Again using the same technique i then made an under the bust part of the dress/ costume by roughly following the design of the dress form and down to just past her waist,

The inner dress is made up using two different designer papers shaped and layered with a little tulle in between too, over this I shaped and made  soft pleat effects for the skirt to go over the top, I added the smaller lace before gluing to the dress form and the larger lace  after it was attached to the rest of the dress form,

To finish the dress off I used a few different flower dies from my stash, made them up using some maja design papers then applied them where i thought they looked right, the flourish is by Cheery Lynn,

To  finish off the top of the dress form which looked a little bare I made a hat out of the same papers, using some circle dies and a strip of paper, I sort of made it up as I went along!!!! but I like the finished look,

again I used some more of the hand made flowers and cut a little bit off another of the flourishes to tie it all in,

I finished off the base with a rub on, which says yesterday, today, tomorrow,

I really enjoyed doing this and would love to do more!!!!!

Dress form - Indigo blue

Tissue paper

Bo Bunny - it is written text stamp

Papers - Till the end of Midnight from - scrap and craft

 45mm  Jessica white Guipure Lace - TRG

White droplet Venise Lace - TRG

Cheery Lynn flourish die

Kraft card stock

Maja design papers

Tulle - stash

Kaiser craft - rub ones - Miss Empire

Challenges
Country View - anything goes
Dies R Us - Monochromatic
As you like it - Favourite project and why
Crafts galore - anything goes
Crafting from the heart - Anything goes
World wide ope challenge

Well I hope you've enjoyed your visit, and will join us in the challenge too,

Happy Crafting!!!

Hugs Liz xx

Aw so cute

Hi guys, back today with a card for 

 The Ribbon Girl  card challenge which is to use flowers,

the prize is a £10.00 gift voucher from The Ribbon Girl and a £10,00 Gift Voucher from Lili of the Valley too, yeah!!!!

and magnolia Forever which is so cute - pets,

I remembered I had this adorable free Magnolia stamp off one of the magazines they used to do and thought that's cute so it fit the challenge lovely, I also used one of the tiny hearts from magnolia too, kiss stamped,

Tilda with puppy is coloured with my copics, yes I'm in copic colouring mood, my DI'S are feeling neglected lol,

oops!!! best show you the piccie hadn't I!!!!

The beautiful flowers of course from The Ribbon Girl are 

Kort and Godt rolled paper roses- pink,  Large Rose bud Pink and Hip Rose bud Pale pink,

so love these,

I also used  white droplet Venise lace from The Ribbon Girl Too and some of the white opal  liquid pearl,

copics:

Skin - E000, 00, 11, 13, R11

Hair - E44, 43, 41, 40

Dress and shoes  - RV95, 93, 91

Gillet - W3, 1, 0

Tights - E43, 41, 40

Puppy - C5, 3, 1, 0

Basket - E35, 33, 31

Shadows W5, 3, 1, 0

Challenges
Bunny Zoe's - one for the girls
Magnolia-licious - Bingo Board - Lace/ die cuts/ flowers
Deep Ocean - Our Furry Friends
Stamp and create with Magnolia - Frame it out
Lovely haenglar or sweet magnolia - favourite embellishment - lace/ flowers

Hope you'll join us in the fun!!!

Happy Crafting!!!

Hugs Liz xx